host: rebecca berg joins us this morning.eek witht news last jeb bush announcing that he is now exploring a presidential bid . what was the strategy with that announcement? why get in so early? it seems like the announcement was thrown together quickly. it was posted on facebook heard it was not a committed announcement by any means. he really said he was exploring actively the option. theresh put his name out becauseential contender at some donors are starting to think about who they might support in the presidential election. he wanted to make sure that knew heparty activists was serious about potentially running. some people doubted that he was really considering it. this tells them it is a dog whistle for them to tell them don't forget about me. don't go support chris christie or mitt romney or someone else before you consider supporting me. loser?ho was the biggest whose job got tougher because of jeb bush's announcement? guest: marco rubio, a fellow floridian, shares many of the same big donor bases. they will now be co

rebecca berg with the washington examiner, and ari, i don't know if they really have the wherewithal to stop the president's new policy in its tracks, but they intend to make it uncomfortable, don't they? >> look, i think they'll come back, homeland security issue will come up. they'll probably go right to the deadline. look, i think they'll have to deal with a number of republican members who want something, and they're going to have to figure out something to satiate that. i don't know what that is, but the president is not going to back down on his executive order. he'll itch for the fight. he'll want republicans out there on this, and i think republican leadership won't want the fight as much. i'll tell you who else won't want the fight. this is where it gets interesting. people talk about ted cruzs. people don't talk about rob portman, the seven republican senators who have to run in states in 2016 who will likely be carried by a democratic candidate. philadelphia, maine, new ha new hampshire, this will put up how they will deal with those seven senators and ted cruz and his cau

okay, rebecca berg, i know you will be watching everything and we'll see you again. >> thank you. >>thank you. >>> thousands of protesters holding a march here in new york city as well as our nation's capital expressing their anger over several high-profile cases, including the eric garner and michael brown grand jury decisions and urging congress to african-americans from police violence. we are joined live from our new york city newsroom by brian. >> arthel, i'm actually over the phone right now marching with the protesters who have been going for the better part of 2 1/2 hours. they started at washington square park and match emarched street and now they're heading south into downtown to one point plaza which is the new york police department quarters. they have tons of posters. we're talking about tens of thousands of people that have taken up the better part of 15 or more blocks in the middle of downtown. the nypd has told us they have had no incidents or arrests thus far. they are marching for eric garner. they're marching for michael brown. they're marching also for the 12-yea

visit ncicap.org] >> on the next washington journal, rebecca berg on the next presidential race. public diplomacy and pop culture shaping america abroad.america's role here's a look at some of the programs you will find christmas day on the c-span network. atiday festivities start 10:00 a.m. eastern with the lighting of the national christmas tree followed by the white house christmas decorations with michelle obama. and the letting of the -- lighting of the capitol christmas tree. and then samuel alito. of jeb bush on the bill rights and founding fathers. on c-span two venture into the art of good writing. ad the feminist side of superhero. p.m., -- and on american history tv, follow the berlin fromwith speeches presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. how they represented the styles of the time. at 10:00, former nbc anchor on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is on christmas day to read for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. sunday on q and a, glenn kessler on the biggest pinocchio's of 2014. democrats tend to get a little more upset. i think they

let me bring in zeke miller rebecca berg and cnn senior digital correspondent chris moody.e, i guess this isn't a surprise that you have jeb bush as the early front-runner. >> he's the son and brother of former two presidents. name recognition alone. he's also the fronts runner with the donors. actually surprising to see the base like him as much as the donors do. but he has the ability to reach out to the donor community and bringing a significant amount of the establishment -- his support comes from the chamber of commerce republicans, the type of republicans that you see that fill the mainstream part of the party. he'll have trouble with the base the folks who vote for rand paul or ben carson. this is a good show of support for him. with chris christie coming in second the two combined it's a good indication the republican party is still a mainstream republican party. >> rebecca, what's the advantage. on the democratic side you have hillary clinton hanging back now a little bit more than we thought she would initially. do any of the kind i guess, on any side but talk to

all right, rebecca berg, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> add this to the cost of benefitsor these illegals. and pat buchanan's had it. welcome, pat. >> how are you, brenda. >> i'm well, thanks. what do you think of this? >> well, i think we are just at the beginning of a bonanza for big government. a thousand employees at $50 million. let me tell you how many people they're dealing with. they're dealing with five million undocumented immigrants or illegal aliens. that is the entire population combined of north dakota, south dakota, alaska, vermont, delware, and one other state that i can't think of. six states. do you really think that 1,000 people can take these five million, investigate them, provide them each with social security, work permits, photo i.d.s? this is the beginning of a very, very large government program. >> you know, what can congress do? the president's clearly racing ahead before the republicans take control of both chambers of congress. but they don't really have a united plan to combat the president. >> well, what they can do, what your former guest

host: rebecca berg is with the with the washington examiner." you can follow her on twitter @rebeccaberg. we appreciate your time this morning. guest: thank you. host: up next -- on the day that "the interview" is being released in limited release in american theaters, we'll talk about the influence of american culture and america's image abroad with author and humanities professor martha bayles. after that, we'll open up our phones for our last half-hour of the show today to talk about public policy issues that you want to talk about. we'll be right back. >> sunday, "washington post" fact checker columnist on his biggest pinocchios of 2014 awards, given to politicians and political groups he believes made the biggest false claims this past year. >> democrats tend to get a little more upset at them, because i think they bought into the myth of the liberal media, and they kind of think that the media is on their side , whereas republicans, they firmly believe in the myth of the liberal media, so they kind of expect that they're going to be, you k

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visit ncicap.org] "washingtonxt journal," rebecca berg on the 2016 presidential race and central campaignsy jeb bush and elizabeth warren. and we will talk with boston college professor on her book on the role of public diplomacy and pop culture in shaping america's image abroad. "washington journal" live with your comments, calls, facebook, tweet every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. here's a look at some of the programs you will find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday facilities -- festivities start at 10:00 a.m. with the lighting of the christmas tree followed by christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama and the lighting of the capitol christmas tree. just after 12:30 p.m., celebrity their this stock about causes. supreme court justice samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. on seas and 2, venture into the art of good writing. at 1230, the feminist side of the superhero as jill searches the secret history of wonder woman. otherspamela paul and talk about their reading habits. on american history tv, at 8:00 a.

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covering cyber security and out with a new book "@ >> join us tomorrow for the washington examiner's rebecca berg to talk about the 2016 election. diplomacy andblic pop culture in the wake of the sony hack attack. the show is live tomorrow and every day at 7:00 eastern on c-span. all this week we have been showing you selections from 10 years of our q&a program. join us for a conversation with the late syndicated columnists, robert novak. that is today at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. we will show you president obama and the first family as they like the national christmas tree. musical performances, and a reading by the first lady on the night before christmas. this year's white help -- white house decorations. and journalists and scholars discuss the issue at a recent innt hosted by the museum washington. you can watch the program tonight starting at 9:00 eastern. also here on c-span. >> i would say in the hobby lobby case, having to do with the right of a private business under the religious freedom act to refuse to provide contraceptive health coverage for their female employees, i would say t